St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-13
A SENSATIONAL SUIT.
How Chicago Girl Got Herself Talked
About by Wearing New-Fash-
toned Waist.
Some Spiteful Person Sends Her Some Val
entineV Verses Referring to Her
Stunning Costume.
Story of a Young Man Who Take:
.. Hasheesh to Make Him Have
sweet Dreams.
''Adonis'' as a Drawing Card-MiXt
ure of Church. Theater and
Champagne.

| Champagne.
| Special Correspondence of the Globe.
CHICAGO, March lit takes consider
able to startle any set in Chicago, but an
original costume worn by a West side belle
at party not long ago was pronounced by
all beholders startling The materials were
white China silk, combined with black and
white striped silk. The stripes were very
wide and striking skirt was made of the
striped goods with China silk short draper
les. But the waist was the novel and-yes,
attractive feature of the whole The fair
wearer frankly told the girls that she looks
so lovely III her silk underskirt she thought
a party waist producing the same
effect would be simply stunning. Accord
lngly, the upper part of the waist
was of the China silk. cut after silk
| shirt. and finished around the neck
in the style as the undergarment with
a narrow crocheted edge of black silk. run
through and tied with narrow white ribbon.
| This upper part disappeared inside the
body of the waist, which was a pair of
black satin corsets. laced down the back
with white silk cord, the hooks in front
concealed beneath cascade Of white lace
AS the unblushing originator complacently
asserted, THE whole affair was the most
suggestive thing imaginable, but the boys
liked it, She wore black undressed kid
| gloves that reached to the shoulder, and
carried an immense black and white feather
costume the evening before
! ST. VALENTINES DAY,
and consequently the next morning she was
| hQ of olyor 70 pinr N
abridged dress waist, accompanied by the
following Spiteful lines:
Some count it a virtue to send their old cloth
ing
| To half-naked heather in far Southern seas,
| Who sit in their skin without danger of
freezing,
Never knowing need of attentions like these.
But be it my mission to tend to the heather
! Who shiver and shake in their nakedness
| To cover the bones of their corsets and body
As fain with this waist l would cover yours,
dear.
| 1t was something of a surprise to read
last night a special telegram from the East,
| describing the condition of young man,
native of Chicago, who has gone crazy from
Over-study. Excess of mental eXertion is
the one excess Chicago men are commonly
credited with rising superior to. Among
|
most colleges, satisfactory evidence of good
morals is numbered, and-like attendance
at chapel after entering-is something to
which ordinarily little if any Importance is
attached. But notwithstanding the little
attention paid to this requisite Of eligibility,
a couple of Chicago swells are
the only ones. of the vast num-
Der of young men who have
made applications for entrance to Yale that
were refused because not the slightest in
dication of morals could be found about
| them. They are sons of wealthy man
here. and went down. to New Haven with
their dogs, horses, athletic trainer-appar-
emily everything necessary to secure a
young gentleman a place in college. But
because they neglected to include. and
could not possibly obtain. a certificate of
| GOOD MORALS
| their names were never enrolled among
those Of Yale's students. 1t is told of one
of Chicagos sons, who did succeed in gain
| ing admittance to the law school of Yale,
that he was wandering around the office of
a hotel, when an old claSSmate from st.
Paul ran upon him. They were naturally
delighted to meet, and the st. Paul man,
who had just arrived, intending to enter
the law school, too, atonce asked of Chi
cago: =
| Have you seen any of the fellows yet?"
''Oh, yes! Most all Of them. L have been
here week or two
"Well, how do they strike your
.My dear boy" said Chicago soberly, 81
| don't think I'm going to like 'em. They look
| like students, you know
| A youth, in a moment of confidential
weakness betrayed to one of the girls a
short time ago why it is that his kind in
| Chicago grow daily less and less of a sue
cess as apologies for men. He was sitting
one side of the CRATE, Carrie the other.
when she noticed him toying with small
vial. In tit OF abstraction he took out
the cork and turned the bottle up to his
| lips. ''What is it?" she asked with native
| Chicago impudence. He held it out to view
and she read the label poison" ''For
mercy's sake don't do it right here" she
cried, her minds eye straghtway foresee-
| ing the startling announcement, Suicide
| Disappointed Love-Dies at Her Feet,,' in
the morning paper.
'.It is nothing but hashesh," he ex-
! planned 'Iots of the fellows take it. Try
some. 1t won't hurt you-give you sweet
dreams and all that you know" Carrie
expressed her contempt for him and his
poison i'll vigorous terms.
/ ''OH MY DEAR GIRL"
| he reproachfully murmured, sinking back
| i'll his chair, you have such an awful
amount of energy and spirit you can't
| SympathiZe with me, You know If you
had the blues as dreadfully bad as do,
you would not be so cruelty hard on fell
low. The sleep this gives me is the only
real pleasure I have. Just try it once and
see if you don't say it is lovely"
| Carrie finally let him measure out couple
of doses. The next night spent the night
with her we divided them between us. Our
experiences were similar. We had 'sweet
dreams" but between dreams we awoke
feeling as if we had been eating mince pie.
pickles and doughnuts. Carrie declared
the dreams not so pleasant, either. milne
were haunted by altogether too many beau
tiful girls to very jolly. 1t was like going
to ballet-nice enough for men, but dull,
old story for girls" -.
There is some truth in what she saws
about the ballet, and yet the girls-dear,
self-sacrificing creatures!-march right
along with the men to an exhibition of fem
iniie shapeliness. as though they really en-
| joyed it, DiXey's ''Adonis" has been hold
| ing the boards. with standing room only"
at the Chicago opera house, and the girl
| who is obliged to confess she has not been
there, does it apologetically as she would
own to having spent a summer in town.
This is because DiXey is the
fashion. Everybody goes, everybody
applauds, everybody raves-simply because
everybody does it. The Farragut club
turned out $50 strong one night. Smaller